Cover for catch-basins



(No Model.)

A. J. BAYLEY.

COVER FURCATGH BASINS.

No. 425.198. Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

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ARTHUR J. BAYLEY, OF MILVAUKEE, VISCONSIN.

COVER FOR CATCH-BASINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,198, dated April 8, 1890.

Application filed September 4, 1889. Serial No. 322,933. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. BAYLEY, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Catch-Basins; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to covers for catchbasins; and it `consists in certain peculiarities of construction, as will bc fully set forth hereinafter and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view, partly broken away, of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

A is the body of my device, B the base of the same, and C the top, the latter having a seat c around an opening D to receive an ordinary cover. (Not shown.) The upper part of the body A is provided with inturned flanges d a, having perforations b b, by means of which and corresponding perforations vin the top C the said top is secured to the body by bolts d d and nuts e e. The body A is solid at the rear and at the front is cast with curved ribs E E, which extend from the upper part of the body -clear down to the base B, having an upper strengthening-band f at the top and a lower strengthening-band F near the bottom of said ribs, leaving openings between said ribs both above and below said band F, as'shown at g g and h h, respectively, y

so that there is no obstruction anywhere to the passage of water, and the bandFserving to prevent the accidental breaking of said ribs near their lower ends. The curved construction of the ribs enables them to offer less obstruction to ice, tbc., and also guards against their being struck by wheels in turning short corners.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a catch-basin cover, the combination, with the body having a horizontal base and a front upper strengthening-band, of a series of front curved ribs extending from said upper band to said base, and a lower strengthening-band near the lower ends of said ribs,

with openings between said ribs both above and below said lower band, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county ot` Milwaukee and State of Wiscousin, in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR J. BAYLEY. Witnesses:

H. G. UNDERwooD, WM. KLUG. 

